Assigbtor to lottbest machibtery



A. H. NELLER.

SWILL DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.28, 1919 1,373,521 Patented Apr. 5, 1921.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY eifective, as hereafter described, andas pars UNITED; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. HELLER, OF FAIRFIELD, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO. LOUDEN MACHINERY COMPANY, OF FAIREIELD. IOWA, A CORPORATION OF IOW swim-nisrninnrnn.

i Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented. Apru5, 1921.

Application-filed November 28, 1919.1 Serial No. 311.190.

provided with means todis'tributethe swill or otherliquids as the container is moved along from place to place by the carrier, and it iconsists of an improvement initsconstruction to make itTmore convenient and ticularly set forth in the claims.

InIthe' accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecification, Figure 1 is a perspective of a swill distributor embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on line 2-2 of Fig-1. Figs. '3 and 4 are enlarged detail perspectives.

Referring to the drawings A is a con tainer which is preferably made of sheet met'al'of cylindrical form. B is'abail connected to the container by ears-E and provided with a chain C, or an'equivalent device for attachment to an overhead carrier, not shown in the drawings. D represents a spout having an upwardly extended portion F on one end, said portion being'adapted' to fit against the bottom of the container. This flat portion is provided with an upwardly extending circular rib G, inside of which, near one side of the rib,is an opening H extending into the main opening I. A hole is cut'in the bottom of the container near one side to admit and fit around the rib G, and the portion F is fastened. to the bottom of the container by rivets, orotherwise. i

J represents a "circular shaped valve plate having a flat bottom adapted to fiton the flat part F of thespoutj member inside of the rib G. It is also fitt'ed'with an opening K near one side adapted when placed in a certain position to correspond with the opening H in the face of the spout. A socket L is centrally located on-,the upper side of the plate J, into which the lower end of a rod M is inserted. The upper end of the rod is pivotally supported by a bracket N attached to the adjacent upper edge of the container. i

1 The'upper endzO of the rod M is bent at an angle to facilitate the rotating of the rod, whereby the openings H and K may be made to coincide to permit the outflow of the contents of the container, or. be reversed to hold the contents in the container; To limit the rotation of'the valve plate,'I forin'a lug P on one of its edges which is adapted to contact with lugs Q on opposite sidesjof the rib G. In thisway the valve will be rotated only about half way] around, so as to either open or close the opening H in: the spoiitas may be" desired. i a i In? the bottom of the socket L isa; hole in which a'bolt R'is inserted and is passed down through a hole cl inthe flat portionof the; spout member. Onthe extended pro fleeting lower end ofthe bolt a compression C011 spring S is mounted which? isflheld in place by a nut, preferably double "locked. By this meansthe valve plate, which should preferably be made of brass or a nonc0rrosive metal, is held in close contact with the .fla't portion F of the spout member within the circular rib. G. and when the opening H is closed there will be no leakage of the con thecontainer, I provide for an extension of the spot by a'member which is lettered U, and which is pivoted to a lug or lugs Von the upper outer edge of the main spout memher D. This extension ofthe spoutmay be held in operative position by a chain W, the upper end of which isheld by. a forked end on the. outer end of the, bracket N. :By

means of this extension spout the swill,

other contents inthe container, may be conveyed some distance through the openspaees in animal pens into troughs or mangers located therein.

When it is desired to place the extension spout may be folded up against the side of the container and'be held in that position by loopingthe chain in the forked end of the bracket N. The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show the extension spout move 7 in another a raised and held in a position about half way up. The container is preferably fitted with two legs X, (one being on the opposite side),

and the spout D answers in place of the third leg to hold the container a distance above the ground or a floor when used in a building. In Fig. 2 Y represents an angle 7 'lower end connected to the valve and its upper end extended to the upper edge of the container, whereby: the valve may be opened and closed by rotating the rod from its upper end. a

2. In swill distributers, a container, a spout connected to and entering the bottom of the container, a rotatable valve on the inner face of the spout, a vertically disposed rod within the container having itslower end connected to the valve and its upper end extended to the upper edge of the con- 7 tainer, and a bracket attached to an upper portion of the container to support the rod and permit its rotation to open and close the valve.

3. In swill' distributers, a container, a spout connected to and entering the bottom of the container, a rotatable valve on the inner face of the spout, a vertically disposed rod within the container having its lower end connected to the valve and its upper end extended to the upper edge of the container, and a bracket attached to an upper portion of the container to support the rod, the upper end of the rod being bent at an angle to its body to facilitate the rotation of the rod to open and close the valve.

4. In a device of the character described, a container, a spout connected to the bottom thereof and having an opening into the j container forming an outflow conduit, a valve plate adapted to cover and close the opening in the spout, and having an opening. in one of its sides corresponding with the opening in the spout and means to rotate the valve plate, whereby the outflow conduit in the spout will be closed and opened.

5. In a device of the character described, a container, a spout connected to the bottom thereof and having an opening into the container forming an outflow conduit, a circular rib on the face of the spout surrounding the opening and extending up into a container, a spout connected to the bottom thereof and having an opening into the contalner forming an outflow conduit, a circular rib on the face of the spout surrounding the opening and extending up into thecontainer, a valve plate fitting the face of the spout within the rib and having an opening corresponding with the opening in the spout, a lug on oneedge of the valve plate, a lug on each side 'ofthe rib, and means to rotate the valve plate and open and close the outflow conduit, the rotation of the valve plate being limited by the con.- tact of the lug on the valve plate with the lu s on the sides of the rib.

In a device of thecharacter described, a container, a spout member having a flat portion fastened to and extending into the bottom of the container and having anopening therein forming an outflow conduit, a valve plate having an opening on one side corresponding with the outflow opening in held in close contact with the adjoining portion of the spout, to prevent leakage when'the outflow conduit is closed.

8. In a device of the character described, a container having a horizontally disposed bottom, a horizontally disposed spout rigidly secured to and extending below one edge of the bottom of the container, and downwardly projecting legs securedto opposite edges of the bottom of the container,

whereby the container maybe supported on a floor by means of the spout together with the legs resting thereon.

9. In a device of the fcharacter'described, a container having a horizontally disposed bottom, a horizontally disposed spout rigidly secured to one edge of thebottom of the container, an extension pivotally attached'to an upper portion of the outer end I of the spout, a flexible member having its lower end secured to an outer portion of the extension, and means on; an upper portion of the container for adjustably supporting the upper end of the flexible member, whereby the extension may 'be' raisedand lowered on its pivot and be supported in various Positionsby the member. a

10. In a device of the character described, a container having a horizontally disposed bottom, a horizontally disposed spout rigidly secured to one edge of the bottom of the container, an extension pivotally attached to an upper portion of the outer end of the spout, a chain having its lower end secured to an outer portion of the extension,

and a forked bracket attached to an upper portion of the container, whereby the upper 10 end of the chain may be adjustably connected to the bracket and the pivoted extension may be supported thereby in different positions.

Fail-field, Iowa, November 26th, 1919.

ALBERT H. NELLER. 

